A Product Trio is a collaborative team structure in product development, typically comprising a product manager, a designer, and a software engineer. This model emphasizes cross-functional collaboration from the outset of a Product Discovery process, ensuring that diverse perspectives inform decisions about what to build. By working together, the trio aims to create products that are desirable to users, viable for the business, and feasible to implement (see Risk Dimensions ).
In this setup, each member brings their unique expertise:
The product manager can become a bottleneck … a forth, often not permanent, role emerged: the user or design reseaercher » supports …
By collaborating closely, the Product Trio reduces the risks associated with product development, such as building features that users don’t need or that are technically impractical. This approach fosters a shared understanding of customer needs and promotes joint accountability for the product’s success.
The Impact of Working in a Product Trio | Product Talk